Monday, 5 November 2018

Newton Victoria Street War Memorial

Located at the junction of Victoria Street and Cartwright Street in Newton, Hyde, this memorial remembers those local men who died, and those who served in the Great War. Also commemorated is Corporal Harvey Holmes who was killed in Afghanistan on 2nd May 2010.


1914  1919

ERECTED
BY THE RESIDENTS
OF VICTORIA STREET AND
DISTRICT
IN HONOUR OF THE MEN
WHO ANSWERED THEIR
COUNTRY'S CALL

KILLED IN ACTION

SGT GEORGE JACKSON
SGT SAMUEL ROSTRON
SGT JOHN BURGOYNE
L CPL WALTER LONG
L CPL J MULDOON
L CPL J E ROBERTS
SAPR W AXON
GUNR JAMES ATKINSON
GUNR JABEZ FOSTER
RIFLM THOMAS BAYLEY
PTE NORMAN BRADLEY
PTE J BARDSLEY
PTE W CLEGG
PTE J DARGY
PTE WM DEVONPORT
PTE A FAIRBROTHER
PTE THOMAS FELL
PTE JOSEPH KELLY
PTE JOSEPH LOMAS
PTE JAMES LYNE
PTE SAMUEL MELLOR
PTE JAMES A MELLOR
PTE ARTHUR MORGAN
PTE ALFRED SMITH
PTE HENRY SHAW
PTE ROBERT SHAW
DRUMR J M ROACH
GNR H ROBINSON MM DROWNED
PTE D ETCHELLS
PTE S GUNNING
L CPL A BOOTH
DRIVER E BURNS
PTE W BESWICK
PTE J HALL
PTE A HAUGHTON
PTE L MOOR

UNVEILED AND DEDICATED BY
ALDERMAN TURNER MARCH 13th 1920


Those who served.
Cpl S ASHWOOD
Driv W ARDERN
Pte Ed ALCOCK
Pte H ANDREW
Pte J ANDREW
Pte A ASHCROFT
Sgt E BURGOYNE
Sgt Wm BOOTH
Cpl B BOWKER
Sapr T BURGOYNE
Pte A BARNETT
Pte I BARNETT
Pte W BARDSLEY
Pte J BARDSLEY
Pte M BROOME
Sigr G H DARWIN
Pte F BESWICK
Pte P BOOTH
Sigr S BATEMAN
Pte S BREERTON
Pte J BEDFORD
Sigr G BURGESS
Pte S H BURGESS
Pionr S BOOTH
Gunr P BANBURY
Air Mech Wilfred BYRNE
Pte H SNOW
Cpl T CLEGG
L Cpl C CAPEL
R A F N CALDERBANK
Pte F CLARKE
Pte J CROOK
R A S C N CLEGG
Pte J CARTER
Pte S CLEINTON
Sigr T CONNOLLY
Pte F CONNELL
Pte J COOPER
Pionr J W CROMPTON
Pte H E BRETT
Pte H DAWSON
Lieut J G DANBY
Qr Mr Sergt J Wm DANBY
Pte W DELANEY
Pte E DOCKER
Pte R DAVIS
Pte J H DOUTHWAITE
Bosn J DOUTHWAITE
Pte E DAVIS
Pte A ETCHELLS
Pte B BOWLER
Pte W EMERY
Pte W EDOPALL
Cpl W FAIRBROTHER
Rifl J FLETCHER
Bomb J W FOSTER
Gunr J FOSTER
Sapr S FITTON
Pte H FIELDING
Rflm J GODDARD
L Cpl H GRATTON
Cpl H GRAHAM
Cpl F GODDARD
Gnr F H GRATTON
Buglr D GRAHAM
Pte E GODDARD
Pte G GRATTON
Cpl J SHAW
Pte E YARDLEY
Pte J SHAW

LIBERTY


L Cpl E GARLIK
Stokr F GUNNING
Pte E SANDIFORD
Pte J GATLEY
Sgt F HITCHCOCK
Cpl A HENSHALL
L Cpl H HINCHCLIFFE
L Cpl J HIGGINBOTTOM
L Cpl R HANLON
Sapr J HILL
Pte J HILL
Rflm A HUGHES
Gnr F HAMER
Pte G HYDE
Pte J FITZGERALD
Pte J HOPKINSON
Pte E J HENSHAW
Sapr W JOHNSON
Driv G JONES
Gnr T JOHNSON
Pte R JOHNSON
Pte E JACKSON
Pte Wm H JOHNSON
Pte J O JAMESON
Sgt J H KINGSTON
L Cpl Edward KEY
Pte A KIEIGHLEY
Pte E KERR
Pte Wm KIRK
Pte N KELLY
Coy Sergt Major A LUND
Pte E LITTLEWOOD
Col Sergt R MULDOON
Sgt Mathew MAGGS
Sgt J MULDOON
Cpl Charles MOORES
Driv P MORTIMER
Pte E MARROW
Pte W MARROW
Pte J MARROW
Pte C H MATLEY
Pte J MELLOR
Pte C MORRIS
Pte L MORRIS
Pte T McDERMOTT
Pte A NEWTON
Pte G OGDEN
Coy Sergt Major G POTTER
Cpl Wm W POTTS
Gnr V E PRESTON
Bosn W PAYNE
Stokr H PEARSON
Pte J POWELL
Pte E W PEARCE
Pte Barry PAYE
Pte Wm H MASON
Pte W PARROT
Pte S POLLITT
Pte H PASS
Pte H PASS
Pte T PREST

PATRIOTISM

Cpl H A HOLMES
1 MERCIAN REGIMENT
KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
MAY 2nd 2010


Cpl A RUSHTON MM
Pte A ROSTRON
Pte H ROSTRON
Pte W ROBERTS
Pte T H ROSTRON
Pte W ROSTRON
Pte J ROBINS
Pte G E ROBINS
Pte G W RICE
Pte J W ROWBOTTOM
Pte L ROWBOTTOM
Pte J W RICHARDSON
Sgt W H SMITH MM & Bar
Bombr J O SHERLOCK
Bombr Isaac SMITH
L Cpl W STEPHENSON
Sapr J H SIMPSON
Gnr D SCOTT
R E Peter SCOTT
Pte W SCOTT
Pte John SCOTT
Gnr Percy SIMPSON
Stokr N SEABORNE
Pte Hugh SIMPSON
Pte A SHAW
Pte W SHAW
Pte Ben SHAW
S G Thomas S SHAW
Pte F SLATE
Pte G SAXON
Pte S SAVAGE
Pte F SELLARS
Cpl G TOLLATT
L Cpl L TRENDELL
Pte H THORNDIKE
Pte A TAYLOR
Pte W TURNER
Pte S TURNER
Pte F TURNER
Pte J THOMPSON
R E H VIVIAN
Drivr R TOWNSEND
Sergt J WYCH MM
2nd Lieut T M WOOLLEY
L Cpl J WOOLLEY
Drivr J E WOOLLEY
Sgt J WHITE
2nd A M Bertie WOOLLEY
2RD A M Robert WOOLLEY
A O C John RILEY
R N T Harold WILSON
Gnr J WORTHINGTON
Pte G WHITEFORD
Pte Joe WILD
Pte H WILD
Pte Jesse WILD
Gunr J WILDE
Pte James WARD
Pte Joseph WARD
Pte A WILDEGOOSE
Pte S WOODHEAD
Pte A WISDOM
Pte G WARHURST
Sigr W WINTERBOTTOM
Drmr T WARDEN
Pte J SHUTTLEWORTH

FRATERNITY

Pte W J PEMBERTON


All photographs by Chris Gleave

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